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Hello,
My opponent executes the Tactical Advantage ability on his personality. As my next action, I play Ruby Ascension to cancel the force bonus from Tactical Advantage. He Interrupts with Courage Beyond Question to counteract Ruby Ascension claiming that because I am cancelling his force bonus, that is in effect a penalty. I say it is not a penalty, rather it is just cancelling a bonus and therefore cannot be stopped by Courage Beyond Question.
Who is correct?
Hello,
My opponent executes the Tactical Advantage ability on his personality. As my next action, I play Ruby Ascension to cancel the force bonus from Tactical Advantage. He Interrupts with Courage Beyond Question to counteract Ruby Ascension claiming that because I am cancelling his force bonus, that is in effect a penalty. I say it is not a penalty, rather it is just cancelling a bonus and therefore cannot be stopped by Courage Beyond Question.
Who is correct?
Negating a bonus is not a penalty.
See Bonuses and Penalties: When a bonus, penalty, maximum, or minimum ends or is negated, the resulting stat change is not a penalty or bonus.